Important Collectors’ Wristwatches, P...

Geneva, Nov 16, 2008

LOT 212

Thomas Engel, ?Chronometre? No. 3. Made in the 1980s. Very fine and rare, 18K yellow gold, keyless ?Chronomètre ? Type ConcoursObservatoire? pocket watch with 30-hour power reserve indicator, thermometer, calendar and regulator dial. Accompanied by the original mahogany fitted box with extra mainspring.

C. Three-body, ?Empire?, screwed-down back cover decorated with engine-turning grains d?orge, polished band and bezel, gold glazed cuvette, ball-type swiveling pendant acting as the winding crown. D. Silver, radial Roman hour numerals on brushed eccentric chapter ring, outer minute dot divisions and Arabic five-minute numerals, engine-turned and whitened center, subsidiary day of the week dial, thermometer sector at 6 o?clock, aperture for power reserve indication. Gold Breguet hands. M. 22???, Cal.5011K, rhodium-plated, fausses cotes decoration, stamped with Thomas Engel punch mark, 19 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance, self-compensating balance spring with outer terminal curve, balance and escape wheel pivots with shock absorbers, micrometer regulator. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 57 mm.